Jono Bacon, Ubuntu Community Manager, has been commenting on his blog great relationship arose between Ubuntu and the community of XDA Developers , one of the busiest in the world in regard to support development of mobile platforms, with particular attention to Android and now Ubuntu Touch.

relationship between Ubuntu and XDA Developers, in fact, is proving to be a well-oiled tool for the development of Ubuntu Touch, is that while some go throwing every bit test images, the others are adapting to a variety of devices (the Google Nexus seem to be the preferred worldwide).

The collaboration between the two will go further: on 8 August in Miami begins the XDA-DevCon 2013 developer conference XDA Developers where Ubuntu be present and participate as one of the sponsoring companies.

Meanwhile

from XDA Developers blog flowers give back to Bacon and by extension Ubuntu, as well as take the opportunity to answer some burning questions about the first steps that are being taken. All information, which is great, you have it in the above link.

Canonical smart move letting the clothing for a community like XDA Developers to bring up Ubuntu Touch. No doubt about it.

As usual, the owner Nothing more and not explain that Leadwerks, California company dedicated to creating tools for game development , plans to deliver a fully native Linux create and play without leaving the platform Penguin. With that goal in mind have launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter.

As they explain, Linux has the potential to be a leisure platform first level, but one aspect that fail is the development of games. Thus, in Leadwerks want to give a push to the situation creating native tools. How will they do? To start, carrying his own framework, now available for other platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android), which consists of an engine and a complete visual editor .

That’s just the first of what Leadwerks objectives that expect this initiative to grow the game catalog quality native Linux (which I must say that growing despecio, but differs from a couple of years, grows). In the Linux community there are a lot of programmers with the skills necessary to create quality games, provided they have the proper tools, held in Leadwerks.

Linux graphics offer top . Steam has shown that you can do, that OpenGL is a rough diamond to be polished, and that point in Leadwerks.

Speaking of Steam, Valve’s platform play a key role in Leadwerks plans because this software will integrate with it and facilitate such works to find resources for development and even send games Steam Greenlight created users as you know, is a springboard for independent development.

Many more details and challenges they will face in this company Leadwerks (mention the resolution of graphics driver problems). have all the information on the Kickstarter page. A 44 days left in the collection, the total points to the $ 20,000 , which have managed just over 2,500 at the time of publishing this news. But there is time.

Dear readers, sorry that I take issue with some joke from the same owner, but I do not I get something else. today’s film going conspiracy against free software and how could it be otherwise, the essential ingredients in this kind of titles are not lacking: a plot hatched by a fearsome villain (Microsoft), an wronged hero and destroyed (which would be the desktop Linux, played by GNOME) and even a traitor (KDE, protected by Novell). But do not blame you in advance to any of these names, because the script has written another.

original story I read a few days ago in one of the many publications that I follow and I passed it because personally I found infumable. For one simple reason: an article is presented as current, is merely opinion and, much worse, conjectures without any corroborating source (eye, gives many sources, but no key). It suggests that what counts is as account, which I do not think of receipt. So, write about it seemed to me more credit attack that publication than a necessity to refute something that needs to be refuted by obvious.

However, since yesterday a reader commented in these pages the matter and I do not want to be confused with censorship order (end explain this), as exception we will discuss the film above . The synopsis:

The story goes of how Microsoft destroyed the opportunity to win the Linux desktop, specifically GNOME 2 that proficiently reigning late the past decade in GNU / Linux. It all happened because GNOME Windows infringed patents related to user interface-start button and start menu, mainly. Patents did not affect KDE, as this took shelter in agreements between Novell and Microsoft. In contrast, GNOME necessarily had to evolve to what today is GNOME 3 / Shell and the same for Ubuntu with Unity. Both avoided and a lawsuit that could have sunk (behind GNOME would be Red Hat), although they have finished sinking themselves with the changes that have been implemented; sinking of desktop Linux step by fragmentation that has been created and to be Gnome create with one hand and Cinnamon Unity other by another, to name three examples the key. A perfect move for Microsoft, go.

Admittedly

history that is marked in The Register is well spun, but no longer, in my opinion , a total fraud . That is precisely what we discussed in FOSS Force, the article mentioned and linked the reader in no case gives reason opposite. Although in his defense, I FOSS Force text was edited afterwards accusing the obvious: there is no where to take the story of The Register.

The cornerstone of the plot by which falls hopelessly this house of cards is the patent agreement between Microsoft and Novell . What covered exactly that right? What Microsoft does not sue Novell for the KDE start menu? You really included that? Certainly not what official sources told. Although perhaps the author of the original article had access to sources that know and are still not public, because there the appointment.

To complete the puzzle (or end of break …), the author says not to worry that these patents affect the Linux desktop, as Microsoft has not claimed since 2007 and any law, has lost the right to to. This measure does not specify a particular time, so now is not effective if a claim, the same could be argued in 2007, considering that was launched in 1996 KDE and GNOME in 1997, ten years earlier .

the overwhelming response of the community Linux-companies and developers, including Linus Torvalds, to threats from Microsoft is summarized in one sentence: “If Windows Linux patent infringement, say what” . Microsoft’s response was always silent. At the same time, he signed a patent agreement, among others, with Novell we’ve seen on what basis. Point. End of story.

much more detail to the publication of yore, but to what end? I leave you to judge all this, because there is more of a pearl that think , should have been counted as “ think that it happened like that,” instead of ” this happened like that. ” That at least.

At this point I’d like to break a lance for GNOME 3 / Shell and Ubuntu and Unity . You may have given them a few sticks because, always in my opinion and opinion pieces like this-not successful-or not at all, for sure, but are trying to innovate each their own way and we have to recognize also . Have you done out of obligation? I like that I do not.

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started the week with downloads: has come first maintenance update Debian Wheezy, to which we add the Spanish edition of the Debian Administrator’s Handbook.

Debian 7.1.0

comes to regenerating the installation media with various security bug fixes and other corrections misstatement . It is, therefore, a maintenance update released fledged fairly quickly, considering that about month and a half that saw the light Debian Wheezy.

In fact, the update has to be really important because not being respected usual times, and we have followed the usual numbering, which would have made this launch will appoint as Debian 7.0.1, instead of Debian 7.1 0, as is the case. Anyway, if you were in Wheezy and you keep up with the updates , you do not need to reinstall anything.

All information about this release in the official announcement. Downloading new pictures can be found in the list of Debian mirrors worldwide.

To give some value to this story remind you that the best way to tame the beast is to know it thoroughly, and to do nothing better than to have great documentation. A few weeks ago we published the book Debian Administrator (from Debian 6 Squeeze, eye), but was only available in Spanish via the web. If you prefer PDF or other document format (PUB and Mobipocket), on the official website was updated Spanish edition quite.

two weeks, Google Reader closing cast. Not disappear from the map. Still work, but it will not be possible to add new sources and in a time frame that has not materialized, then it will stop working. Although the Internet giant apologized for the death of claiming different excuses service and privacy costs-including the most popular opinion is that this is a move the company to force users to use Google+ . And that we do … but not as Google would like.

Admittedly Google social network grows apace, usually receives improvements and it is becoming a more alive. However, replace the function of a traditional RSS reader is not among his virtues. You can follow the news that interests you from there, of course, but if you drive many sources of information is a real mess. Thus arises Feed +, a solution, notify, is somewhat tricky and quite geek.

And how does

Feed +? That’s the beauty, and that is what makes terminal by (script in Ruby). Indeed, there is a method to the entire world and therefore we recommend to those interested go to the official website linked above for options of this invention that, in my mind, opens an interesting way to use Google+ as true source of information, but do need a visual presentation if you want to call the attention of the populace.

So, this entry is as detailed for console lovers, though, notice the use of Feed + is really easy.

Now, if you’re looking to replace Google Reader is an application for real, there are alternatives, alternatives to spare (if you use Ubuntu not miss Feedly).

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also works with printers not only conventional, but also faxes and services like Google Drive, OneNote 2010 and Microsoft XPS Document Viewer. But the most interesting aspect of Cloud Print is that it offers the possibility of sharing with others configured printers .

worth noting that the platform works with both wired counterparts as wireless networks. Finally, as Google recently released the official app for Android Cloud Print, you can print documents from any smartphone or tablet supports .

To enable Chrome Cloud Print only need a printer previously installed on the computer and Google account.

Note: If you have a Cloud Print ready printer, the service will automatically recognize the network via WiFi.

The first step is to enter Chrome, open the options menu and enter “Settings” .

Advanced Options section to look for Google Cloud Print section and press the “Add Printer” .

Once detected

Google account to press the blue button for confirmation. Immediately adds Google Cloud Print service local printers.

local printers are properly recorded a message of thanks. To view the available devices from Cloud Print it only takes one click on “Manage your Printers” .

management screen can see attached printers, add new, delete and share with other users with Google accounts . It is also possible to print documents or check print jobs in progress.

Chrome as the default browser used can print the contents of any open tab via Cloud Print. Just have to press Ctrl + P and choose one of the options registered on the platform.

installing Android application should only allow access to the same account used to set up Google Cloud Print in Chrome. With the official client have the ability to choose to print documents or photos from different applications (Gallery, Google Drive, Dropbox, ES File Explorer, etc..) Or use the option from the menu ” Share “.

To disable Cloud Print just revert to the Google browser options and press “Disconnect printers” .

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finish out of a cave, you have to know if or what PRISM, the massive cyber espionage program that would be holding the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA its acronym in English) in collaboration with leading technology homelands. That’s at least what all indications point, as both Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple and other companies involved categorically deny such participation. In fact, Google has asked the FBI “pull the rug” for clarification of everything, and is that the damage to the image of the company is evident.

However, we will not go far to assess the situation, much less to re-tell it, for surely you’re saturated with information on this subject. In addition, each will have their opinion, that if “is an outrage,” that if “for what I care three peppers hide I spy”, etc. (any intermediate appreciation you please add comes in the sack, I consider an outrage but not shock me or surprise me).

what I have now is to give you that, in my humble opinion, because I have only one and this is partly an opinion-with lots of information in the form of links, though-possibly the only recipe to avoid these abuses by the authorities of any country or snoop on duty, if you want to avoid: free encryption software . No more. I say possibly, because at this point of life is really hard to put your hand in the fire for something … it can be anything.

But while the encryption is not going to have discussion, perhaps the matter free software vs. proprietary software If you arouse the arguments opposing views as always: best open source, more eyes; worst open source, all code available. Nor will I get into that now. My opinion on this matter clear I left a long time ago in these pages: The intrinsic safety free software … As a development model eye that nothing is perfect in this world. As shown, a button (although disprove all).

Thus, thus reducing this entry is an argument in favor of free software as the only reliable tool for the citizen against abuses of power (abuse “cyber”, clear ). That, and offer a bunch of recommended links that will be the sauce of this sheet that I am releasing. All of the above are informative, and those who follow, tips and applications that you can not miss and I leave as a list: